vulnerability
SUSE: CVE-2018-16741: SUSE Linux Security Advisory
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Sep 11, 2018 | Sep 26, 2018 | Oct 22, 2021 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 11, 2018
Added
Sep 26, 2018
Modified
Oct 22, 2021
Description
An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In fax/faxq-helper.c, the function do_activate() does not properly sanitize shell metacharacters to prevent command injection. It is possible to use the ||, &&, or > characters within a file created by the "faxq-helper activate <jobid>" command.
Solutions
suse-upgrade-g3utilssuse-upgrade-mgettysuse-upgrade-sendfax
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